Not sure where you are based, but we are building something specifically for freelancers (London first) - check us out at www.yunojuno.com and see if it fits. (Oh, and we're not recruiters either.)
Yup - we are aware. That's one of the perils of a having a graphic designer rather than a web designer on board. We are nearing the end of a major overhaul (visually), so that should address these issues.